Tohoku

• Earthquake

  • Magnitude 9
  • Focus depth 30km
  • Caused a tsunami
• Primary Impacts

  • 330,000 buildings
  • 2,000 roads damaged
  • 11 hospitals destroyed, 300 damaged
  • tsunami reaching 40km
  • 16,000 died
  • 800 aftershocks above 4.5 magnitude
• Secondary Impacts

  • radiation levels reached x7 safe level
  • electricity generation fell 40% due to nuclear station meltdown
  • tourism fell by 62%
• Short-term responses

  • Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre in Hawii detetcted seismic activity and sent warnings to Japan, Japans infrastructure allowed them to notify locals
  • 140,000 residents had to be evacuated from surrounding area of Fukushima
• Long-term responses

  • Japan’s Red Cross recieved $1 Billion in donations
  • GAP donated $1.1 million in winter clothing